Even with the potential hassles mentioned, when cell tower folks come
around lusting for your tower, it is still a Golden Opportunity.
We tested their level of desperation. When the Cell Guys knocked on our
door, we just told them they could have the entire property, house-tower
and all, for an amount we proposed which was about 3X what it was actually
worth as private real estate. (Hoping they were particularly flush with
investor cash and hard-up for available siting)
They politely declined but YMMV....
Nothing ventured.....
GL 73 Don N7EF
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 3:18 AM, n4zkf <towertalk@n4zkf.com> wrote:
> I am in this business. This is what I do. Gene and Bud are correct.
> (although the balloon gets me?) Also don't forget the taxes are going up.
>
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> 73 Dave n4zkf
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> CC-Cluster node: 145.07 Mhz. or telnet://ccc.n4zkf.com:7373
> N4ZKF/R 147.375 Mhz. Tone 103.5
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> On 10/27/15 7:12 PM, "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >Donna:
> >
> > On the other side (the carrier's) of the coin, they'll probably want
> >24-hour access and a commercial power source as heavy as, or heavier
> >than, your home's, plus a BAG (.... Generator.) Your insurance agent
> >may want an increased premium for the commercial operation on your
> >property.
> >
> > I've driven past cell towers on private property around here (DC
> >area) but they were on large farms away from population centers.
> >
> > Caveat Amateur.
> >
> >
> >73/88 de
> >Gene Smar AD3F
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> >W2RU - Bud Hippisley
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 6:42 PM
> >To: tower <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] cell phone antenna on ham tower?
> >
> >Donna ‹
> >
> >Please let me expand on Jim¹s very important comment.
> >
> >I spent six+ years looking into antenna zoning restrictions in my search
> >for a new QTH. In general ‹ and this may not be true in your locality
> >but it was / is true in by far the majority of municipalities I
> >investigated ‹ amateur radio towers may be preferentially treated only as
> >long as there is no commercial use co-located on the tower.
> >
> >Once there is a commercial application on your tower, it becomes subject
> >to what are usually far more restrictive paragraphs in the local zoning
> >ordinance. You may, for instance, be required to have public hearings
> >when you weren¹t required to for a ham tower. You may have to fly a
> >brightly marked balloon, where previously you weren¹t. And so on. And
> >it gets worse Š and worse Š and worse.
> >
> >In short, you most likely will lose any protections you might think you
> >have under PRB-1.
> >
> >Unless you live in a municipality that has no zoning at all ‹ and no
> >restrictions at all on cell towers ‹ I don¹t even recommend ³proceed[ing]
> >with caution² ‹ I recommend not proceeding at all!
> >
> >Bud, W2RU
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 27, 2015, at 4:41 47PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue,10/27/2015 1:02 PM, ag6v@whidbey.com wrote:
> >>> I'm sure some of you have an opinion/experience with cell phone
> >>>antennas
> >>
> >> No experience, but caution -- beware of zoning issues that apply to
> >>commercial installations as opposed to ham towers.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
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